Thread: Calling the Winter Guard! Characters: Mac Hudson and the Winter Guard: Clint Barton, Eddie Brock, Johnny Storm, Karolina Dean, Narya, and Phil Coulson. NPCs: IDK, Lady Jac maybe? And a guest appearance by Heather Hudson. Location: The physics classroom, second floor of the new Stark school. Timeline: Thursday, 13 September 2012, right after classes. Description: Mac gathers his new squad for their first meeting of the year. Rating: Ahhh, low, one hopes.
Mac was still realizing just how much work he'd signed up for here -- on top of getting to know his new students on the fly, teaching four classes with little preparation, getting set up to supervise independent studies, wrestling with the bureaucratic mess that was the student visa office so that his Alpha Flight kids could stay in the states, setting up staff housing with Heather, keeping tabs on Narya and the rest of the kids, he'd also been assigned as adviser to one of the student training teams. At least he had Lady Jac as his co-adviser, and Heather to serve as his unofficial assistant and provide support and baked goods as necessary.
He liked being busy, anyway, and so he was whistling under his breath as he set up for the meeting -- pushing tables aside and gathering chairs into a circle. He'd called in Heather's assistance on the culinary side of things, and she showed up right on schedule with a plate of muffins (sugar-free, nut-free, vegan, and containing carrots, but they smelled pretty good anyway), a Tupperware of sliced fruit, and a jug of lemonade. "Make sure the kids eat some fruit," she instructed him before departing.
With that done and his kids starting to arrive, Mac took a seat in the circle and welcomed everyone to take a snack and join him.